Biblonia

Biblonia

The paradox of punctuation

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Feb 03, 2025
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Papyrus Fragment - Saint Louis Art Museum

Imagine a world without punctuation—where words sprawl like ivy, sentences snake endlessly, readers parsing meaning through sheer will.

This wasn’t speculative fiction for ancient scribes. Classical Greek texts flowed in scriptio continua, a relentless march of letters, demanding readers wrestle meaning from the void.

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